4 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp
index 391e83c246..fd7f07aedd 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/mingw_make.cpp
@@ -265,10 +265,6 @@ void MingwMakefileGenerator::init()
         project->values("QMAKE_LIBS") += escapeFilePaths(project->values("RES_FILE"));
     }
 
-    // LIBS defined in Profile comes first for gcc
-    project->values("QMAKE_LIBS") += escapeFilePaths(project->values("LIBS"));
-    project->values("QMAKE_LIBS_PRIVATE") += escapeFilePaths(project->values("LIBS_PRIVATE"));
-
     QString targetfilename = project->values("TARGET").first();
     QStringList &configs = project->values("CONFIG");
 
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
index e7217785b6..69ead084ac 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ void NmakeMakefileGenerator::init()
         return;
     }
 
-    project->values("QMAKE_LIBS") += escapeFilePaths(project->values("LIBS"));
-    project->values("QMAKE_LIBS_PRIVATE") += escapeFilePaths(project->values("LIBS_PRIVATE"));
     processVars();
 
     if (!project->values("RES_FILE").isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
index e7ad0bc10b..7820330da0 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
@@ -699,9 +699,6 @@ void VcprojGenerator::init()
 
     processVars();
 
-    project->values("QMAKE_LIBS") += escapeFilePaths(project->values("LIBS"));
-    project->values("QMAKE_LIBS_PRIVATE") += escapeFilePaths(project->values("LIBS_PRIVATE"));
-
     if(!project->values("VERSION").isEmpty()) {
         QString version = project->values("VERSION")[0];
         int firstDot = version.indexOf(".");
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
index 574d348933..acd50c7f3f 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ void Win32MakefileGenerator::processVars()
         (*libDir_it) = Option::fixPathToTargetOS((*libDir_it), false, false);
     }
 
+    project->values("QMAKE_LIBS") += escapeFilePaths(project->values("LIBS"));
+    project->values("QMAKE_LIBS_PRIVATE") += escapeFilePaths(project->values("LIBS_PRIVATE"));
+
     if (project->values("TEMPLATE").contains("app")) {
         project->values("QMAKE_CFLAGS") += project->values("QMAKE_CFLAGS_APP");
         project->values("QMAKE_CXXFLAGS") += project->values("QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_APP");